Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I'm not a psychiatrist.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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I started out doing musicals.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it's good to have a makeup artist because they know what they're doing.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I'm a big fan of corsets. A woman's body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.
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I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
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For the love that is purest and sweetestHas a kiss of desire on the lips.
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You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.
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I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
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I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
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If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.
